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Manga collected in this stack have stories which focus on the struggles of maintaining, repairing, or building family bonds. These relationships should be between the main characters and must be non-romantic in nature.

Series which focus primarily on taking care of infants to pre-teen children will not be included in this stack; please use the Childcare theme to find these stories. However, if the childcare component is only one relationship of multiple in the family, then these manga will also be added here.

A collection of amazing manga between 2 and 5 volumes that you can read in a single day !

The reason I have not included 1 volume manga is because I have made a separate stack for them : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2090

Manga which

[1] give off the vibe of summer, or

[2] associated with common themes:
-- heat, sunshine, water
-- relaxation, idleness, joy
-- adventure, life, festivities, freedom, energy, nourishment
-- youth, innocence, self acceptance, optimism

Manga that talk critically about environmental destruction through humans (rather than a natural catastrophe) and the climate crisis - or offer sustainable alternatives to it.

A variety of manga I've enjoyed and would recommend, that are each two volumes long. Give them a try!

A stack for manga I think are best read during the summer: series with vibes that make me associate them with summer. Most of these series are set during the summer as well.

manga that holds some mystery, grace, beauty, and/or surrealism.

in the vein of both my anime interest stack 'hauntingly gorgeous' and my manga interest stack 'ephemerality' (where they might not quite fit in).

be warned, this list can include more bizarre and subversive works.

Stories that focuses on everyday, ordinary experiences and events. Typically portrays the daily lives of characters in realistic/fantasy/supernatural settings, highlighting their interactions, emotions, and personal growth. These stories often emphasize the beauty in small, mundane moments rather than dramatic or action-packed events.

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

Saudade is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone. It derives from the Latin word for solitude. It is often associated with a repressed understanding that one might never encounter the object of longing ever again. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a sense of separation from the exciting, pleasant, or joyous sensations they once caused.

A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as old ways and sayings; a lost lover who is sadly missed; a faraway place where one was raised; loved ones who have died; feelings and stimuli one used to have; and the faded, yet golden memories of youth. Although it relates to feelings of melancholy and fond memories of things/people/days gone by, it can be a rush of sadness coupled with a paradoxical joy derived from acceptance of fate and the hope of recovering or substituting what is lost by something that will either fill in the void or provide consolation.

Saudade is a word in Portuguese and Galician that claims no direct translation in English. However, a close translation in English would be "desiderium." Despite being hard to translate in full, saudade has equivalent words in other cultures, and is often related to music styles expressing this feeling such as the Blues for African-Americans, Añoranza in Spain, Sehnsucht in German, Dor in Romania, Tizita in Ethiopia, Hiraeth in Welsh, or Assouf for the Tuareg people, Appocundria in Neapolitan, or Mall in Albanian. In Slovak, the word is Clivota or Cnenie, and in Czech, the word is Stesk. In Turkish, the word Hasret meaning longing, yearning or nostalgia has similar connotations, as does the Polish Tęsknota.

Personal comment: Realized that instead of mere noir, what I actually like is inherent melancholic longing for something deeper as shown in this list, usually as what happened in main characters' past.
Noir and Semi-Noir lists would be kept updated nevertheless.

My personal favorite reads :> all of them made me feels various ranges of emotions

I ordered them from shorter to longer, still publishing ones are at the end. I added few keywords as summary to help you find some that you enjoy !

Recommended Manga/Manhwa that hasn't been adapted into anime

Part 1:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5329
Part 2:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6746
Part 3:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6748
Part 4:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55028
Part 5:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55029
Part 6:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55030
Part 7:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55031
Part 8:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60035
Part 9:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60034
Part 10:https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60044

I have read a lot of short stories and one–shots manga, like really a lot. What I like about it is to see how the author achieves to deliver an impactful and memorable story despite the short amount of pages. It's a difficult exercice a lot of one–shots and short manga fail in but when it's good, it becomes very enjoyable ! So here are the best works of this kind I have read so far.

PS : Shorts stories are also good when you don't have a lot of time available or when you have a short attention span lol

PPS : There are also some manhwa and Manhua in these

Fire, water, earth, air, the manga reading challenge demands a manga with an element in the title and I'm here to give suggestions.

✧ Licensed in English
♥︎ Fully Scanlated (or ongoing if series is ongoing)
✖ Not fully scanlated or licensed


What counts?
- Water
- Fire
- Earth (Dirt, Rocks, not like the planet earth)
- Air / Wind
- Ice

Works that are not in the MAL:

Saint Seiya: Time Odyssey(French comic series based on "Saint Seiya")
The Untamed: The Official Artbook
GAP: Pink Theory Novel

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19844
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33390
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33391
Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/33497